The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-08-05
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help If every young man STUDYING for the
Gospel ministry Would put nself n the
some, and heart, an sympathy, and uH-
der the beuedictlon and perpetual prls-
ence OF Christian minister
But / remark again, 'h7 religious dis
course of the future will be an awa<en-
ing sermon. F ON altar-rail To the front
doorstep under that sermon an audi
ence will get up and start fer heaven
There w Il be in it many a staccato pas-
sage. l. will not be lullaby; It will be a
hattie charge. Men will drop their sins,
for they will feel the hot b cath Of pur-
suing retribution OF the back OF their
necks. 1t will be symp the tic with IL
tbs physical distresses OF tho worl I.
Christ not onlv preached but he healed
paralysis, AMI hs healed cpl epsv, an hs
heal d the dumb and the blind and ten
lepers.
That religious discourse Of the future
will Ue an we v day sermon, going right
down into every MANS life, and II will
teach him how TO vote, how to bur rain,
hew to piow, how to do any work
he IS called to, how to WELD trowel AID
pen ana PENCIL and vardstick and
plane And it will teach women how to
preside over their h0useho d', and how
tn edtcats their children, an how 20 imi-
tate Miriam ant Esther and Vtshti End
mice, the mothor Of Tim tn r, an NJ tTvv
lie mother Of Christ; Snd those WON n
who on N1rthera and s ushsFn battle
fields we mistaken bv h wOu1dsl for
angels of mercy fresh fr jm the throne OF
G 4.
Yes. have to toll you tho RELIGIOUS dis.
course of the future win he a ranortsd
sermon. II YOU heva any ide that print
ing was iuvantef simN'y to print secular
books, and ate 'ographv and pin nngraphY
were ontrive mareiv To sat forth secu-
lar IDEAS, you are mistaken. The print
ing press Is to be the great p@eucy OF
gospel proclamation. It is fi'h time
that good men, instsad If don uncilg
the press. emnlov r. to sen ter rth Tho
G apel of Jes ls Christ. Th3 Vlst mi r.
itv Of people In our cities do not come to
churt b, and nothing but fhe printed SER
mon can re ch them a. ell th am to
pa don, and life, and ne ce, an He ven.
so can not ID rstand the nervousness
of rHe Of our brethren Of to m nistrv.
When they see newspa or man coming
in thev saw:
"Alrs, there IS a Pop 'rter.
Every lie rspor'er - ten thNusaui I,
fifty 'h1usaud, one hundred tn 'usa I'd i'n-
mortal souls added to the tito v. TIE
time will come when all the villart, town
and city newspapers w | repr0duc3 the
Gospel Of jesus Christ. md sermons
preached IN the Sabbath will rev orb ratio
oil around the world, and some by tyre
ard some by voice, all nations will be
evangelical.
The practical barring Of This is mon
hose who are e1g &c Z IN Christ ~ work,
rot only up7u theological stu TENS an
vonng minis' ere, but upon al who preach
the Gospel, and all who exhort in meet
ings, and that is all Of YOU IL YOU arc
doing your duty. Do you rxh p-t IN prav-
er-meetingf Be short and he spiritei. Do
YOU teach n Bibla ASST Though you hive
r
von acrost peopls on the subj ct OF reliQ-
ion in heir homes or IN public plTcasl
Study adroitness and the common sense.
The most graceful and most beautiful
thing on earth Is the reli rion OF sus
Christ. ard If you awkward y present IT.,
it is defam ton. We must do Our work
rapidly, and we must do IL ehsotive y.
Soon our time for work will be gone
A diving CHRISTI n took out his watch
and gave It to ia and sail;
st lxe that watch, / havs no further
use for II; time is ended for mo and eter-
nj v begins."
O., nv f.iands, when our watch has
ticked away for us the last moment, and
our clock has struck for us the asst hour,
may It he found we did our work well:
that we did IT, in the very best wlv, and
whether we preached the Gospel in puipits
or taught Sabbath cl ssns or admin
istered to the 81 K as phvsicians, or bar
gained NA Tn9FCnA lNA. or " can In law AA
pttorneys, or were busy rs artisans, o. as
hush N linen, or ms mechanics, or were
like Martha, callef to give a mol to n
hu grv Christ, or like lTnah,
TO mike coat for proph t.
or like Deborah. to r0us' no
courage T soma timi B iralS in the Lords
conf ct, we did our work in such "a Wv
that II viii staud the test of tho JUG
ment. AMI in the long procession Of the
redeemed hat march aroun ! the throne,
may IT, be found there are ma1v there,
brought to Col th~ouyh ou" inst u ueu-
tality, and in whose rescue we are eXult-
ant.
But, o Won u1savsd. wait not for that
religious discourse OF the future. II m Y
come after vour obsequies. 1t may come
after the stone-cutter has chiselot our
names on the slab, fifty years b3f re. Do
not wait for great steamer or
tho Cunard or White Star limos to
lKe you of thu wrecS, but bail tho
first craft with however low a mnst, and
however small hulk, and however poor
n ru lder, ami however weak cartai7.
Better a d isabled sc. oouer tfnt comes rp
in me than a full-rigged brig th4t comes
up after you have su ken.
ms ID Of waiting for that religious
discourse Of tho future-it my frty,
fifty years off-take this plain vita ion
Of a man who, n h give ynd spiritual
irs oht, wodll be giHd 10 be cal cd tho
snittle by the hand OF CIR s. nut on tho
eyes Of a hi "a man, a. who would con-
slder the highess com Diimelt Of this
rvice If at he close tge hundre men
shou d start from theae d00 3, saw q;
whether he be sin er or no. know
not This one thing / know whcreas
R as md now / see"
sw.ft er than shadows over tho plain,
q icker than birds IN their autum Al
II ghf, hastier than Q t0les o thelr prey,
HE ycu to a svmplt etic Christ.
crclestras OF Heaven have lr adv stru 3
heir instruments to celebrate your res
cIe.
And many were the voices around the thronot
Rejoice for the Lord brings back II IS own.